The 53 black and green and white U.S. flags flying in front of the Garden City Funeral home in Missoula, have left many commuters wondering what they represent.
Montana leads the nation in its per-capita suicide rate and the numbers in Missoula County spiked up 75 percent in 2016, now local agencies are joining forces to fight back.
2016 isn't even over yet, but the number of suicides in Missoula County may have already hit a record high, with a jump of at least 75 percent over 2015 numbers.
The University of Montana campus is still reeling from the untimely death of an 18 year old student that fell from the Miller Hall Building on Saturday.
***A personal story***
As is my custom while preparing my Montana Morning news program, I was listening to the police scanner early in the morning last week, when I heard the 9-1-1 operator issue a call saying a person was threatening to take their own life...
The pressure of aging with the addition of health problems of middle-aged men in the Rocky Mountain region is leading to an alarmingly increased rate of suicide.
Missoula County Sheriff T.J. McDermott has asked the Missoula City Police Department to investigate an incident that occurred on Monday, in which sheriff's deputies responded to a call for service that included a gunshot suicide.